One of Six Sheets of Paper (some double-sided) inscribed with Religious Texts, Poems, Charms
Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292
Dimensions
max. H. 6.5 × W. 5.2 cm (2 9/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
Provenance
[Yamanaka Shoji Co., Ltd, Awata Kyoto (1936)], sold; to Ellery Sedgwick, Beverly, MA, (1936-1960), passed; to his wife, Marjorie Russell, Beverly, MA (1960-1971), inherited; by Ellery Sedgwick, Jr., Gates Mills, Ohio, (1971-1991), inherited; by Walter Sedgwick, Woodside, CA, (1991-2019), partial and promised gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.
Related Artworks
View MoreFolded book; ink on paper with punctuation in vermilion and stamped pagoda design in earth red
13th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
13th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
13th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
13th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
13th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
13th centuryJapaneseHandscroll; ink on paper
13th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
13th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
13th centuryJapaneseTanzaku (long, slender poem slip) mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on indigo-dyed paper with cloud pattern
12th-14th centuryJapaneseUnmounted handscroll fragment; ink on paper
12th-14th centuryJapaneseSingle-sheet manuscript; ink on paper
13th centuryJapanese